BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.
The state appeals a pretrial order suppressing evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant on the ground that the officers executing the warrant violated the knock-and-announce requirement imposed by ORS 133.575(2) and the Fourth Amendment. We affirm.
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on August 25, 1981, Portland Police Officer Mason, who was assigned to the Narcotics Detail of the Drug and Vice Division, obtained a valid warrant authorizing...
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